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LONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police said on Friday they believed they had found the source of the Novichok nerve agent that killed a woman in southwest England and left her partner critically ill in hospital.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died this month, just over a week after she was exposed to Novichok near the city of Salisbury where Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were struck down with the same poison in March.
Sturgess’ partner, 45-year-old Charlie Rowley from Amesbury, a town a few miles from Salisbury, is now recovering in hospital.
“On Wednesday ... a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowley’s house in Amesbury,” police said in a statement. “Scientists have now confirmed to us that the substance contained within the bottle is Novichok.”
originally posted by: Whereismypassword
She picked that up from the park in Salisbury and took it home with her in her handbag?
I’m from Salisbury and we know Russia did it
She picked that up from the park in Salisbury and took it home with her in her handbag?
Which leads me to ask... who in their right minds finds an opened bottleof vodkaand takes it home... ?! Also, why didn't she get sick straight away when taking it home?
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: 727Sky
What has my spidey sense tingling is Porton Down.
The samples were taken there, and the clean up after the first attempt was thorough, so why has this happened again? If I may put on my tin foil hat there might be an disgruntled employee or a double agent...We all know the KGB love their poison as they have proven it time and time again, however this seems too be to brazen to be KGB-the take pride in their secrecy.
Take it with a grain of salt-which is almost a literal statement as these chemical attacks only need something the size of a grain of salt to kill someone. I smell a double agent or a lone wolf.
originally posted by: 83Liberty
This just doesn't make any sense to me. The only way Novichok could be in that vodka bottle is if it's either the original source from months ago, or someone has planted it in there recently.
originally posted by: 83Liberty
a reply to: 727Sky
Which leads me to ask... who in their right minds finds an opened bottle of vodka and takes it home... ?!
Also, why didn't she get sick straight away when taking it home?
The puzzle continues...